2006 News Archive

21 December 2006: Update on FCMC Bill in India
In November 2006, the Union Cabinet approved the revised Foreign Contribution Management and Control (FCMC) Bill that seeks to regulate non-government organizations (NGOs) and other organizations which receive foreign funding.

29 November 2006: Court Strikes Down U.S. Executive Order
On November 21, 2006, U.S. District Judge Audrey Collins struck down portions of Executive Order 13224, which enabled the President to designate certain groups as terrorist organizations.

18 September 2006: ICNL Testifies Before the European Parliament
On September 11, 2006, ICNL appeared before the European Parliament, Subcommittee on Human Rights, to present testimony on ICNL’s research on democratic backsliding in civil society and responsive strategies.

17 July 2006: Penn Law Appoints Douglas Rutzen as Adjunct Professor
As part of a strategic collaboration between ICNL and the University of Pennsylvania Law School, Douglas Rutzen, President of ICNL, has been appointed an Adjunct Professor. Together with Assistant Dean Adam Kolker, he will develop an innovative cross-disciplinary course on current topics in international civil society law.

13 July 2006: Council on Foundations Awards USIG Contract to ICNL
The Council on Foundations announced that it has awarded ICNL with a contract to continue updating the Country Information Section of the United States International Grantmaking (USIG) Project.

9 July 2006: ICNL's July 2006 Conference on Civil Society Law in Beirut, Lebanon
The ICNL conference brought together several dozen leading lawyers, academics and civil society activists from throughout the Arab world to consider critical issues relating to the role of laws governing civil society in promoting a stronger civil society in the Middle East.

6 July 2006: Pioneering ICNL Efforts in Afghanistan
In the first half of 2006 ICNL hosted a Nationally Televised Civil Society Roundtable and conducted surveys and trainings, bringing together the NGO community, government officials and society-at-large.

17 May 2006: ICNL Fellows Discuss Civil Society in the Middle East
The forum featured presentations by two of ICNL's Senior Middle East Associative Rights Fellows, Ziad Abdel Samad and Mohamed Elagati, and was held at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

11 April 2006: Evaluation of ICNL Programs in Central and Eastern EuropeUSAID conducted an evaluation of ICNL’s activities in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) over the past 11 years. The report is overwhelmingly positive and contains significant recommendations for ICNL’s continued work in the region.

30 March 2006: Moldovan Decree Limits Foreign Funding of NGOs
On March 7 the President of the Transdnestrie Moldovan Republic had signed the Decree which prohibits foreign funding of NGOs registered in Transdnestrie Moldovan Republic.

14 March 2006: Draconian NGO Bill Passed in Sudan
The law regulating the activities of civil society organisations, 'The Organisation of Humanitarian and Voluntary Work Bill 2006' reportedly imposes restrictions on the work of NGOs operating in Sudan, and grants discretionary regulatory power to the government over the operations of NGOs.

28 February 2006: Analysis of Russian NGO Law
ICNL has completed a comprehensive analysis of the effect this law will have on Russian and international non-governmental organizations. The analysis is available in English and Russian

19 January 2006: Russian President Vladimir Putin Signs New NGO Law
On January 10, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the Law “On Introducing Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation.” In addition, the statute of the new law is available from ICNL in English and Russian.